Unintended intravascular injection from inferior alveolar nerve blocks can result in frustrating distant complications affecting such structures as the middle ear and eyes. Possible complications affecting the eyes include blurring of vision, diplopia, mydriasis, palpebral ptosis and amaurosis (temporary or permanent). In this article, we present a complication that has been reported only rarel...

Prolonged local anaesthesia in soft perioral tissues may sometimes lead to accidental lip biting small children forming a traumatic ulcer. Healing of such ulcers has been reported enhance with treatment using low level laser therapy (LLLT). This case report describe two cases due bite following inferior alveolar nerve block caused during post period that were treated by LLLT. It resulted better...

A new computer software program that generates panoramic and oblique computed tomography scans was used to examine 205 patients who were being considered for endosseous dental implants in the mandibular or maxillary arches. This technique allowed recognition of the course of the inferior alveolar nerve canal and measurement of the alveolar ridge, which facilitated the design and placement of an...

Background and Objective:Radiographic assessment before third molar surgery allows the surgeon to consider any essential modifications in the surgical practice, thus minimizing the risk of damage to the inferior alveolar nerve. This study attempted to evaluate the association between radiographic evidence of inferior alveolar nerve involvement on the preoperative panoramic radiograph and its cl...